Definitions for defecate
ˈdɛf ɪˌkeɪtdefe·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, makeverb

   have a bowel movement

   "The dog had made in the flower beds"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. defecateverb

   To purify, to clean of dregs etc.

2. defecateverb

   To purge; to pass (something) as excrement.

3. defecateverb

   To empty one's bowels of feces.

4. Etymology: From the participle stem of defaecare, from de- and faex.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Defecateadjective

   Purged from lees or foulness.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   This liquor was very defecate, and of a pleasing golden colour. Robert Boyle, Spring of the Air.

2. To DEFECATEverb

   Etymology: defæco, Latin.

   1. To purge liquors from lees or foulness; to purify; to cleanse.

   I practised a way to defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber. Robert Boyle, History of Firmness.

   The blood is not sufficiently defecated or clarified, but remains muddy. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

   Provide a brazen tube
   Inflext; self-taught and voluntary flies
   The defecated liquor, through the vent
   Ascending; then, by downward tract convey’d,
   Spouts into subject vessels, lovely clear. Philips.

   2. To purify from any extraneous or noxious mixture; to clear; to brighten.

   We defecate the notion from materiality, and abstract quantity, place, and all kind of corporeity from it. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

   We are puzzled with contradictions, which are no absurdities to defecate faculties. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 13.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. defecate

   Defecation (or defaecation) follows digestion, and is a necessary process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces from the digestive tract via the anus. The act has a variety of names ranging from the common, like pooping or crapping, to the technical, e.g. bowel movement, to the obscene (shitting), to the euphemistic ("dropping a deuce" or "taking a dump"), to the juvenile ("making doo-doo"). The topic, usually avoided among polite company, can become the basis for some potty humour. Humans expel feces with a frequency varying from a few times daily to a few times weekly. Waves of muscular contraction (known as peristalsis) in the walls of the colon move fecal matter through the digestive tract towards the rectum. Undigested food may also be expelled this way, in a process called egestion. When birds defecate, they also expel urine and urates in the same mass, whereas other animals may also urinate at the same time, but spatially separated. Defecation may also accompany childbirth and death. Babies defecate a unique substance called meconium prior to eating external foods. There are a number of medical conditions associated with defecation, such as diarrhea and constipation, some of which can be serious. The feces expelled can carry diseases, most often through the contamination of food. E. coli is a particular concern. Before potty training, human feces are most often collected into a diaper. Thereafter, in many societies people commonly defecate into a toilet. However, open defecation, the practice of defecating outside without using a toilet of any kind, is still widespread in some developing countries. Some people defecate into the ocean. First world countries use sewage treatment plants and/or on-site treatment.

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1. defecate

   Defecate refers to the process of eliminating solid or semisolid waste materials (feces) from the digestive tract through the anus. It is a natural bodily function that helps in removing waste and toxins from the body.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Defecateadjective

   freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified

2. Defecateverb

   to clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine

3. Defecateverb

   to free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes

4. Defecateverb

   to become clear, pure, or free

5. Defecateverb

   to void excrement

6. Etymology: [L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, lees.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Defecate

   def′e-kāt, v.t. to clear from dregs or impurities: to purify from extraneous matter.—v.i. to void excrement.—n. Defecā′tion. [L. defæcāre, -ātum, to cleanse—de, from, fæx, fæcis, dregs.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of defecate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of defecate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of defecate in a Sentence

1. Riverton Police Capt. Eric Murphy:

   He deals with the homeless population every day, and basically he just said that he was tired of watching them urinate and defecate and having sex and vandalizing the city park.

2. David Heymann:

   They urinate and defecate on the rice, which makes the uncooked rice a source of human infection.

3. Alan Fenwick:

   The problem that sub Saharan Africa has is a lack of fresh water, safe water, and adequate sanitation, people who need to urinate and defecate tend to do so on the open ground, and their excreta can be washed into water where the eggs will then infect snails.

4. Dmitry Rogozin:

   Muskophiles say this is amazing, it is the light of our worldwide cosmic exploration, well, [ Musk ] has taken a side. I don't have issues with him. It's obvious, it's the West, which we should never trust because it has always chronically experienced jealousy, among the political elites, jealousy to our country. Look at how right now they are racing each other to defecate on our relationships, and who is going to clean the mess all up later ? It is very dangerous what is happening right now.

5. Deborah Nagin:

   Rodents feel safe in corners and will either defecate or urinate in places they feel safe, these are telltale signs that mice aren’t quite an 'isolated incident.'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=defecate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Defecate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=defecate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defecate
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defecate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=defecate
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=defecate